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Posted by Søe Pedersen on September 22, 2002 at 04:39:05:
In Reply to: Parasite treatment in Gonyosoma oxycephala. posted by Chris_Harper2 on September 20, 2002 at 14:46:50:
Hi
Gonyosoma oxycephala are VERY sencetive against different drugs compared to many other ratsnakes. I would examie the animal carefully first and find out exactly which parasites in contains, and treat them only. Flagyl is highly toxic to Gonyosoma. I don`t know why, but many doesn`t survive Flagyl treatment and if they do I have newer heard of such an animal being breeding ever since. There was another drug called Emtryl earlier. It was far better, but I don`t think it is on the marked any more. I found that the biggest problem with wild caught Gonyosoma was dehydration and stress and not the parasites.
There are captive bred animals on the marked and maybe it is better for you. They grow very fast and males are mature in about 1,5 years.
Best wishes
Søe
:A friend of mine recently gave me a long term captive female Gonyosoma oxycephala (green phase). She was imported several years ago as an adult and has since bred multiple times in captivity.
:So I assume she's fairly old and am scrambling to find her a male before her reproductive lifetime is up. Fortunately a friend of mine is going to be able to go through a shipment of these fresh from Indonesia so I should be able to get a good jump start on a male.
:I have a fair amount of experience with acclimating and parasite treatment in snakes but little in this species.
:Is there anything I should look out for beyond what is normally killed via standard Panacur and Flagyl treatments?
:Thanks for any input.
